⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- Beaten inside, 18 points in the paint to 40
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 11:12 · MIL 85-62 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Mike Dunleavy and Vernon Macklin
Q4 4:50 · MIL 91-72 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 6:26 · MIL 59-51 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 1 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 18 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
